Re: Legends (once again ...)

From: griffith@xcf.Berkeley.EDU (Jim "The Big Dweeb" Griffith)

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1993 19:05:14 +0000

In article <1jjnquINN1ml@sauna.cs.hut.fi> tmikkola@galactus.cs.hut.fi (Topi Mikkola) writes:
>Hi everybody,
>
>  A turn ago I was peacefully sailing the high seas when I suddenly fuond
>a little rock: otherwise ordinary but a Cluod Castle was situated there!!!
>The only guardian was a litch mature dragon (behind Legendary walls etc...)
>and thus I'd like to know whether this thing is worth capturing or not as
>it would mean lots of dead warriors ...

It's nice.  Think of it as a legion with defenses.  The defenses don't help
a bit when attacking, but in between turns, it's quite nice to know that your
army is going to get +20DF and +75% AF (or whatever it is).  If you have a
large army that you're using offensively, it would be worth having.  It's
also nice to be able to build guilds and bring them along with you.  It's
also nice to be able to cross water at will.

There are a couple of caveats.  First off, you can't increase the city's
movement, so you're stuck with 30 MP (I think you can force march it, but
I'm not sure).  Second off, if you keep population there, you get hosed
by production, because when you're moving, you're never guaranteed of having
the right resources in the province you end up (unless you have complete
resource data on your region...).  Third, since you've got a fixed movement
rate, a determined enemy with enough resources can destroy you fairly
easily if he has the ability to track you.  You can thwart this to an
extent by putting a huge shell of protection over your city.  But you're
still vulnerable because of your slow movement.  Luckily, your foe needs
about 2:1 soldiers to do it.

They're rare, and they're useful, so I'd say go for it if you plan on having
a decent power base.

> Also a while ago I found a magic shield (#159 ) which gives wearer +4 DF
>and +1 or +2 MAR. Does anyone know if this is only a glimmered shield or
>a minor magic item?

It's glimmered.  With the spell and 2 spell points, you can make them yourself.

Jim
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Legends (once again ...)
tmikkola@galactus.cs.hut.fi (Topi Mikkola)
Wed, 20 Jan 1993 14:33:02 +0000